Political Bureaucratic Cycles: Patronage and Service Delivery around Brazilian Elections

• In Event: The Bureaucratic Politics of Service delivery: Evidence from Ghana, India, Argentina, China and Brazil

Brief Overview

This paper shows there are marked electoral cycles in the hiring and firing of public employees and the provision of healthcare services in Brazilian municipalities. Anti-corruption policies shape but do not contain these cycles.

Author

• Guillermo Toral, Vanderbilt University